"I'm Sticking with the PM... Whoever he is"

There's joy and relief at Winsome Ridge today, now that Captain Gorilla Clownshoes, sorry we meant to say the Prime Minister, IS NO LONGER THE PRIME MINISTER!  He was tossed out of his office last night by none other than Helpful Malcolm, who was formerly the minister in charge of making sure Australia never gets a proper broadband network.  Although we certainly don't think Malcolm will be the saviour of the country, we've known for the last two years that anybody, including the neighbour's dead dog, would make a better PM than Captain Clownshoes.  So we're hopeful that things will start looking up.

Yesterday's dramatic events at Parliament House started when Malcolm challenged for the PM's job, and ended in the evening when the Liberal party members voted on it and Malcolm won.  But in the meantime, the Deputy Leader of the Party, Julie Bishop, provided some insight into her character.  We've always considered her to be a totally self-interested opportunist, who will swear undying loyalty to whoever she thinks can help further her own ends, and yesterday she didn't let us down.

Here she is, early in the day, before Malcolm made his intentions known, having a warm and fuzzy moment with Clownshoes, to whom she's always been the most loyal of deputies.

Later that day, when Julie learned that Malcolm would challenge for the leadership, she immediately jumped ship and joined Malcolm in telling Clownshoes that he's not fit to be PM.   Later, the party voted to kick him out of the PM's office, but to keep Julie as Deputy Leader. 

Here she is, after the vote, side by side with her new Captain, to whom she'll be unswervingly loyal, until it suits her to be loyal to someone else.  Isn't that an interesting look?  One could almost believe that she and Malcolm had cooked the whole thing up together and had been conspiring against Clownshoes for who knows how long...